Schroders targets sugar investment with ESG principles
Schroders has launched a set of principles for encouraging food and drink companies to reduce the sugar content in their...
Flu-related longevity reversal wipes £28bn off DB liabilities
A high level of flu-related deaths have pushed life expectancy projections into reverse, potentially wiping £28bn off defined benefit pension...
Triggering Article 50 – should defaults currency hedge?
To hedge or not to hedge? Predictions of political and economic volatility as the Government triggers Article 50 means currency...
CMI confirms reversal in longevity trend
The projected life expectancy of 25-year-olds has fallen for the second consecutive year, with males expected to live 18 months...
IBM Watson’s David Robson: How artificial intelligence will transform financial services
Delivering financial advice, improving greater personalisation of insurance underwriting, absorbing mountains of expert research - the march of artificial intelligence...
‘Worsening longevity’ raises questions for SPA increase
Longevity is falling and people are dying younger than expected, raising questions for Government plans to increase state pension age,...
Delta – Online access to pension cash just months away
Drawdown customers will be able to make withdrawals from their pensions and change their income levels themselves through new technology...
Michael Johnson: Nudge savers into default drawdown and annuity at 80
Pension savers should be automatically nudged into low-cost default income drawdown plans at age 55, allowing withdrawals of between 4...
Paul Avis: Why advisers can’t afford to overlook group risk’s added value benefits
Advisers need to wake up to the new world order of Group Risk and start to communicate value as well...
Cridland: Increase SPA and make employers deliver mid-life MOT
State pension age should rise to 68 by 2039, seven years earlier than currently planned, the triple lock should be...
